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Dick Davis

07-04-2000 08:04:43




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Got caught with fairly heavy alfalfa mowed down (some raked, some just dropped) and rain showers forecast every other day for the next week. I am assuming the stuff won't be worth baling, it might not even get dry enough to run through baler! How can I get it off the field cheaply or chopped up so it won't: (1) kill out the hay or (2) contaminate the third cutting with rotten brown residue? I have often wished I had a field chopper to just blow it back on the field. But never seem to see them on farm auctions. Appreciate any ideas.

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Harold Hubbard

07-08-2000 18:33:49




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 Re: Wet Hay in reply to Dick Davis, 07-04-2000 08:04:43  
Bic, Zippo, Ronson, and Diamond Match Co. all make neat little hand-held devices that will remove that wet stuff from your field with amazing speed. Your local fire chief, however, may have objections.



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TomH

07-06-2000 18:47:12




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 Re: Wet Hay in reply to Dick Davis, 07-04-2000 08:04:43  
Some folks run over it with a rotary mower (Bush Hog). I've heard that rain doesn't hurt hay, its the Sun that breaks down nutrients. So a week of cloudy weather might not be so bad.



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John

07-06-2000 10:26:24




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 Re: Wet Hay in reply to Dick Davis, 07-04-2000 08:04:43  
We stack it and salt it down with sacked salt.
Cows love it and it won"t turn moldy or get hot,



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rick

05-31-2001 13:16:24




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 Re: Re: Wet Hay in reply to John, 07-06-2000 10:26:24  
To John. putting salt on hay does this really work. Ihave heard both sides



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Dick L

07-04-2000 10:42:20




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 Re: Wet Hay in reply to Dick Davis, 07-04-2000 08:04:43  

Check with some construction companys, highway commissions, or landscaping companys. After hay has lost its value for feed it can be used for mulch over grass seed. Hay does not blow off the bare ground as easy as straw does. I have seen mulch hay go higher than hay for feed at some auctions, in the late summer and fall.



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Wayne

07-04-2000 14:34:16




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 Re: Re: Wet Hay in reply to Dick L, 07-04-2000 10:42:20  
My record for having alfalfa down is 30 days. This was first cutting at 2.5 tons. all you can do is wait and turn it and bale it when ready. We rolled this and and mixed it with good hay with a tub grinder and those angus cows thought they was in heaven.



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paul

07-04-2000 17:24:57




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 Re: Re: Re: Wet Hay in reply to Wayne, 07-04-2000 14:34:16  
Yea, my cattle will get something out of anything I get through the baler. Might not be their favorate. Actually, I use the rotten old bales to insulate the wells over winter. Then in spring I rake it up & drop it in the cattle yard - for some reason, this rotten, weatherbeaten crap seems to be their favorate.

--->Paul



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Dick L

07-05-2000 21:16:10




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Wet Hay in reply to paul, 07-04-2000 17:24:57  

Your exactly right if your feeding your own hay, but take to a hay auction and you won't get squat for weathered or rotten hay for feed. When bright green hay is selling for 3.00 a bale, bleached out hay will be 1.00 or lower around here. I hear that it does better south.



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Mike

07-04-2000 19:21:19




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Wet Hay in reply to paul, 07-04-2000 17:24:57  
The cattle seem to be just like kids - they just love to eat what they're not supposed to!



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Wayne

07-04-2000 14:34:05




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 Re: Re: Wet Hay in reply to Dick L, 07-04-2000 10:42:20  
My record for having alfalfa down is 30 days. This was first cutting at 2.5 tons. all you can do is wait and turn it and bale it when ready. We rolled this and and mixed it with good hay with a tub grinder and those angus cows thought they was in heaven.



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